A real photographic postcard || There is nothing on the reverse of this real photographic postcard to tell us who the family of four pictured on the front may have been, or which photographer’s studio they visited in order to pose for their group portrait. Both solemn-looking boys are dressed in white short trousers and tunics. They and their mother gaze at their camera, while their soldier–father stares into the distance. || || Photograph || A photograph of a British soldier and his wife and sons

There are no written clues – be they printed or handwritten – to help us to identify this family of four, but at least the name of the photographer’s studio that produced this photographic postcard is embossed on the front: ‘J. J. Payne, 106 Anlaby Road, Hull’. The details of the soldier–father’s cap badge are difficult to make out, but it may be that of the Royal Artillery, particularly since he is also wearing a bandolier. The children and their mother are warmly dressed in fashions suggesting the later years of the First World War. || A soldier's family of four photographed in Hull. || || A British soldier's family photographed in Hull || Photograph

A studio photograph of a British soldier's family. || A stamp embossed diagonally across the bottom right-hand corner of this portrait of two children and their parents gives the name and address of the photographic studio where it was taken: ‘J. H. Morris / ANGEL ROW NOTTM Nottingham, Nottinghamshire’. The detail of the soldier–father’s cap badge is impossible to make out, but its shape is reminiscent of those of the Royal Engineers and the Northamptonshire Regiment, among others. || || A photograph of a British soldier's family of four. || Photograph || 52.95478319999999,-1.1581085999999914